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Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 614 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Say it by syllables): Say the word in beats and stress the CAPITAL beat: di-VEL-up (develop), hoh-TEL (hotel). Drop the silent letters: SAM-un (salmon), EYE-lund (island), ri-SEET (receipt). Do not add an extra beat at the start: SKOOL (school), STAY-shun (station), not is-KOOL.

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  1. 1.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  2. 2.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
  3. 3.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
  4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
  5. 5.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
  6. 6.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
  7. 7.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
  11. 11.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
  12. 12.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
  13. 13.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
  14. 14.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
  15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
  16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
  21. 21.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
  22. 22.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
  23. 23.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
  24. 24.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  25. 25.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
  26. 26.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  27. 27.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
  28. 28.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  29. 29.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  30. 30.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
  31. 31.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
  33. 33.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
  34. 34.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
  35. 35.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
  37. 37.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
  38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. WIM-in
  3. SED
  4. u
  5. ri-SEET
  6. KAY-oss
  7. di-TUR-min
  8. 2
  9. 2
  10. SWEET
  11. ri-SEET
  12. di-VEL-up
  13. SUT-ul
  14. KEM-is-tree
  15. b
  16. STAY-shun
  17. 5
  18. b
  19. 2
  20. s
  21. i-PIT-uh-mee
  22. hoh-TEL
  23. SUT-ul
  24. KYOO
  25. WENZ-day
  26. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  27. WIM-in
  28. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  29. BIS-kit
  30. i-PIT-uh-mee
  31. u
  32. b
  33. WENZ-day
  34. PUR-pus
  35. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  36. SWEET
  37. VEJ-tuh-bul
  38. KYOO
  39. 4
  40. 2

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